30 Nov 1892
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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1892
Page
1
A miscellany of aphorisms on patience, envy, and virtue interspersed with humorous creatures and quips. It ponders time like a ship, self restraint, and the charm of love and sorrow with playful, sometimes coarse, reflections.
A devotional passage urges comfort through faith after a great bereavement. It compares grief to storms yielding to peaceful resignation and to a ladder from earth to Heaven. The writer appeals to trust in God's will and the promise of reunion in Heaven.
An analysis of Coriolanus shows a warrior driven to vengeance by injury who yields at the sight of a mother's tears. The episode dramatizes how maternal emotion can avert bloodshed and alter world history, with Rome saved as the mother pleads for mercy and the traitor son renounces violence.
Reflective prose contrasts noisy show with enduring character. A quiet steadfast man is praised as a blessing and a deep soul whose memory lasts like light after sunset. The metaphor shifts from a rattling stream to mighty tides, emphasizing inner strength over clatter.
A couple on a wedding tour shares a playful exchange. She asks why he chose her and he recalls seeing her sweeping the library. He explains he valued how she handled the broom, not disdain but skill.
The piece muses on a tranquil autumn season offering peace after feverish times. It contrasts quiet rooms and nature’s signs with approaching winter and the nearing end of life, urging wise living and a graceful passage to the inevitable. It envisions a harvest of good deeds and a final farewell to the earth.
The piece lauds sympathy as love and solace, a noble force guiding relief to sorrowful and oppressed souls. It portrays pity as a heaven sent Charity, gently easing pain and brightening days with resignation and hopeful light.
A speaker notes how pain after hitting the thumb may provoke a burst of antics and a cheeky denial about pain. The narrator confesses a perverse wish to mislead with a joke about learning a dance step. The piece blends humor and human nature in a vivid, informal tone.
A children’s riddle listing eye parts with likened comparisons. It names the iris as the rain bow the pupil as the school boy the globe as the ball the lid as the top of the chest the lash as the piece of a whip and the brow as the summit of a hill.
A Bostonian observer in New England tries a persimmon from a railroad tree. He bites, grimaces, and jokes with onlookers as the fruit’s flavors and puckering effect prove harsher than expected. He chides the fruit’s reputation and comments on regional tastes.
A lyrical meditation on the fragility of early marriage and the fading glow of affectionate joy as daily tensions arise over small domestic tasks. The speaker contrasts morning sweetness with the bitterness of quarrels about routine duties and warmth.
A teacher found a hostile chalkboard message reading Our teacher is a donkey and added the word driver before opening the school as usual. The incident suggests no disruption beyond the initial insult and the quiet conduct of the class.
A young man saving a few shillings a month and thriftily increasing his store of coins stands a better chance to spend the rest of his life in affluence than one who seeks instant riches through risky speculation or devious means.
A playful saying notes a young lady cannot whistle before her lover because he withholds a chance. When her lips are poised to whistle, something else invariably happens, implying the lover’s influence disrupts the moment.
A Wilson man asks his wife why a husband is like dough. He expects romance but she quips it is hard to get off her hands revealing a playful domestic exchange.
A whimsical receipt notes lemon pie steps with a line about sitting on the stove and stirring constantly. The phrasing invites humor by imagining someone sitting on a hot stove while stirring without respite.
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